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A. BRAUNSTEIN PAINT BRUSH y Filed' April 19. 1924 31a/vento@ Patented May 19;V 1925,V

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ARTI-run BRAUNs'rnIN, or (jasminey vi/'YivtIlSTGr.V

PAINTBnUsH.

Application filed April 19, 1924. Serial No. 707,692.y

close work, such assign or card paintingl and the like, .and has for `animportant object thereof theV provisionof `a brush head V adapted for this use having means whereby it maybe engaged with a holder similar to the ordinary pen holder so that a plurality of heads ymay be carried and employed with a single holder,l each head being adapted for a particular type of work. y

yA'still further obfectv of the invention is to produce as an article of manufacture 'a brush headof this character.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be simply and cheaply produced, readily transported, land which will enable housing of the brush heads in a suitable receptacle carried in the pocket so that the entire painting outfitmay be carried upon the person of the painter from place to place.

These and other 'objects I attainby the Y construction shown inthe accompanying drawings, wherein ,for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodimentof my invention andwhereinE- 'Y Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a complete paint brush constructed in accordance with my invention; f

kFigure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the brush heads inthe course of yIleiierring now `more particularly t0 the drawings, the brush element preferably consists of a rectangular felted flat pad 10. Thel holder or shank for this brush is formed by employing a T-shaped piece of metal as shown in Figure 4, the stem llof the T being relatively narrow, while the head 12 is broad. This T-shaped piece may be stamped from a sheet of metal and after stamping the felt pad 10 is applied to the head centrally thereof, preferably having its upper marginal edge 13 spaced from that edge of the head 12 from which the stem .11 projects, the lower edge of the felted pad projecting beyond the opposite edge of the head. After the pad is placed in position thel stem portion 11 is bentyasat14, and

Yat a point nearer the head than the end of the stem portion 11, so that the end of the n Vthe end portions 15 of this head are then folded back upon the pad and the eXtremity 16 of the stem 11 to hold the same in po- ,sitionp In the construction of the head portion it is preferably made of such length that when folded back, as above described, the ends of the head portion overlap one another asr shown. rlhe double thickness of the stem portion formed by bending the same upon the line 14 provides Va shank for the brush head thus formed and this shank is shapedv for engagement in the slotted opening of a pen holder or in a similar slotted opening formed in any suitable type of handle. Inr Figure 5 I have;r shown in perspective a stem portion for the brush head which is flat, while that shown in Figure 6 is curved for engagement in a curved slot. i f

kIt will be obvious that a plurality of such brush heads may be conveniently carried in a small container. 17 which may becslippe'd into the pocket and different` brush heads substituted in the holder as desired. It will furthermore be obvious that the mannerv of constructing the Vbrush head proper is caf pable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the vspirit of my invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such speoie structure as hereinbefore set forth except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim In a brush, an absorbent pad, a T-shaped metal holder, the pad abutting the central ortion of the holder, the stem of the metal older having a reverted portion the extremity of which engages the pad to maintain the pad in position, the ends of the metal 10 member having reverted portions overlying the pad and the end of such stein portion, said stein portion forming a shank for engagement with the holder.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my l5 signature.

ARTHUR BRAUN STEIN. 

